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DESCRIPTION:Date:\nWednesday\, June 7\, 2017 - 1:00 pm EDT\n\nSpeaker(s):\n
 Meg Grigal\, Ph.D.\, Co-Director\, Think College Senior Research Fellow\, 
 Institute for Community Inclusion\, University of Massachusetts Boston\n\n
 Description:\nThe goal of Think College at the Institute for Community Inc
 lusion at the University of Massachusetts Boston is to support the creatio
 n of authentic\, inclusive college experiences that lead not only to acade
 mic and social growth\, but also integrated competitive employment outcome
 s for youth with intellectual disability. Students with intellectual disab
 ility who go to college are 26% more likely to leave vocational rehabilita
 tion services with a paid job and earn a 73% higher weekly income. There a
 re now over 260 colleges and universities that have opened their doors to 
 students with intellectual disability.\n\nAs more students with intellectu
 al disability express their desire to go continue their education\, more c
 olleges respond by creating opportunities for learning. Teachers need to l
 earn about these opportunities so that they curb the low expectations that
  are too often placed upon children with intellectual disability. Families
  need to know about these options so that they can make help prepare their
  children for a different and better future. And most of all\, youth and y
 oung adults with intellectual disabilities need to know that college is a 
 realistic option for their future. One that can lead to increased knowledg
 e\, social connections and better employment outcomes. To support and expa
 nd this progress we need to increase public awareness about these college 
 options\, increase efforts to expand existing options\, and targeted resea
 rch to document the outcome that higher education can have on the lives of
  people with intellectual disability.\n\nFeatured Organization(s):\nThink 
 College\nThink College is a national organization dedicated to developing\
 , expanding\, and improving research and practice in inclusive higher educ
 ation for people with intellectual disability. Based at the University of 
 Massachusetts Boston\, Think College staff work with professionals\, paren
 ts\, students and other advocates to increase expectations and expand oppo
 rtunities for students with intellectual disability to college. The Think 
 College website\, http://www.thinkcollege.net/ offers access to the only a
 vailable database of existing college options\, a comprehensive resource l
 ibrary and a wide array of videos\, student stories\, and other resources 
 that educators and families can use to increase knowledge about inclusive 
 higher education. Join our mailing list to stay in the know about how incl
 usive higher education can change students’ lives.\n
SUMMARY:ADA Live! Episode 45: Think College: Inclusive Higher Education for
  People with Intellectual Disability
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